France 26th in the world press freedom ranking


(Read 2021 well in §3)

(Reuters) – France ranks 26th in the world for press freedom, according to a study published on Tuesday by Reporters Without Borders, which assesses the conditions for practicing journalism in 180 countries.

The ranking, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary, is evolving with the introduction of five indicators intended to reflect press freedom in its complexity: political context, legal framework, economic context, socio-cultural context and security. Consequently, the NGO indicates that comparisons with previous years “should be handled with caution”.

Although the data analyzed concerns the year 2021, Reporters Without Borders has taken recent events into account as part of an exceptional procedure, in particular the war in Ukraine, “prepared by a propaganda war”. Russia, where the situation is considered “very serious”, is thus 155th while Ukraine is in 106th place.

France, singled out in the past, in a context of police violence linked to the movement of yellow vests, regains eight places this year. This score is characterized by good results on the legal and socio-cultural level, but an economic and security context deemed “problematic”, according to RSF.

Conversely, the Netherlands (28th), hitherto considered a “good student”, lost 22 places, the security context being deemed “difficult” there following the mafia-style assassination of journalist Peter R. DeVries.

At the top of the table, we find the Scandinavian countries, Norway in the lead, Ireland (6th), Portugal (7th) and Costa Rica (8th). Among the lowest ranked are North Korea (180th), at the bottom of the ranking, followed by Eritrea. China is in 175th place.

(Read 2021 well in §3)

(Report Augustin Turpin, edited by Jean-Michel Bélot)



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